As Hagar and Ishmael are exiled from Sarah’s presence, so too is Sarah exiled from the narrative. What happens to our fierce mama bear after this demand to banish others? We don’t know and we ...

It is the cry of Hagar and her son Ishmael, a child born from a relationship based on the exploitation of human beings, that ultimately summons God to their aid.

In the Islamic narrative, there is no ill will between Isaac and Ishmael and no ill will between Sarah and Hagar, either. The resettlement is seen as a completion of God’s intent to establish ...

Hagar and Ishmael, ... In the Dog House: Gabriel Metsu’s Dismissal of Hagar. By. Menachem Wecker - 24 Nisan 5771 – April 28, 2011. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

As Ishmael lay dying of thirst the angel tells Hagar “as he is there,” “b’asher hu shom.” I would suggest that even in this case, as the other two instances of the Egyptian and the ...

Hagar and Ishmael look somewhat disparagingly at Isaac, the cause of their downfall, Ishmael clearly ready to be a traveling man, staff over his little shoulder. Each mother holds her son’s hand.

Today, I want to focus on Hagar, Abraham’s wife and Ishmael’s mother, who sacrificed immensely, as well. Abraham brought her and Ishmael to the barren desert valley of Mecca (known as Becca at ...

But there is no explanation given for Ishmael’s “wild” nature. What the Torah does tell us is that the destiny of Hagar and Sarah, of Isaac and Ishmael are one; they are inextricably ...

During the Jewish new year holy day of Rosh HaShanah, Synagogues throughout the world read the Torah chapters of Genesis 21 and 22; the narrations of Abraham, the Hebrew’s (Genesis 14:13) two ...

You shall name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard of your misery” (Gen. 16:11). The angel gives the name Ishmael, meaning “God hears,” to the child in Hagar’s womb.

Once Hagar gives birth to Ishmael, she taunts her mistress Sarah for her unredeemed barrenness. Twice, Sarah exiles Hagar and Ishmael to the desert without concern for their survival.

Suskin: Perhaps one reason God insisted that Abraham tell Hagar to leave was to prevent future generations from being poisoned by the antagonistic relationship of their parents’ generation.Instead, ...